>Actually, run > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs status
<xfs status> returned: usage: xfs [-config config_file] [-port tcp_port] [-droppriv] [-daemon] [-nodaemon] [-user user_name] xfs dead but subsys locked so xfs seems to exist, though <status> is not an option? but running same command in directory returned.... ./xfs status xfs dead but subsys locked and <xfs restart> returned.. ./xfs restart Reloading X Font Server config: [FAILED] >If you're having problems with this I really recommend using linuxconf. excellent suggestion!, connected and was able to <urpmi.update> when <urpmi --auto-select kdebase XFree86 libqt2> or <urpmi --auto-select --force perl> curl couldn't get files of server, and returned: installing /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/setup-2.2.0-26.1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/glibc-devel-2.2.4-25.1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libpng3-1.2.4-3.1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libext2fs2-1.27-1.1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libimlib1-1.9.13-2.1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/openssl-0.9.6c-2.3mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/ldconfig-2.2.4-25.1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/drakxtools-1.1.7-98.1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/libopenssl0-0.9.6c-2.3mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/glibc-2.2.4-25.1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/drakxtools-newt-1.1.7-98.1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/fileutils-4.1.5-4.1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/mount-2.11n-4.3mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/e2fsprogs-1.27-1.1mdk.i586.rpm /mnt/win_e/software/linux/rpm-system/urpmi-3.9-8mdk.noarch.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/imlib-1.9.13-2.1mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/util-linux-2.11n-4.3mdk.i586.rpm Installation failed, some files are missing. You may want to update your urpmi database
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